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All results from a given calculation for C4H6O2 (γ–Butyrolactone)

using model chemistry: MP2=FULL/6-31G(2df,p)

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 1A
Energy calculated at MP2=FULL/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-305.842604
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-304.735335
Nuclear repulsion energy242.069639
The energy at 298.15K was derived from the energy at 0K and an integrated heat capacity that used the calculated vibrational frequencies.
Vibrational Frequencies calculated at MP2=FULL/6-31G(2df,p)
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A 3225 3031 4.59      
2 A 3215 3022 9.32      
3 A 3202 3009 11.71      
4 A 3147 2958 11.21      
5 A 3135 2946 3.28      
6 A 3118 2930 33.61      
7 A 1890 1776 310.34      
8 A 1560 1466 0.68      
9 A 1528 1436 5.65      
10 A 1494 1404 8.24      
11 A 1422 1337 16.58      
12 A 1370 1288 2.87      
13 A 1333 1252 10.89      
14 A 1297 1219 7.82      
15 A 1245 1170 28.87      
16 A 1226 1152 2.40      
17 A 1200 1128 186.40      
18 A 1122 1054 24.55      
19 A 1106 1040 51.17      
20 A 1034 972 18.74      
21 A 976 917 3.41      
22 A 920 865 10.29      
23 A 900 846 14.85      
24 A 829 779 5.23      
25 A 691 650 4.28      
26 A 648 609 3.24      
27 A 537 505 2.17      
28 A 496 466 3.42      
29 A 233 219 2.40      
30 A 154 145 0.35      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 22125.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9399) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 20796.1 cm-1
See section III.C.1 List or set vibrational scaling factors to change the scale factors used here.
See section III.C.2 Calculate a vibrational scaling factor for a given set of molecules to determine the least squares best scaling factor.
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at MP2=FULL/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
0.24584 0.12082 0.08672

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/6-31G(2df,p)

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.878 -0.002 0.006
C2 -0.035 1.193 0.192
C3 -1.384 0.660 -0.255
C4 -1.256 -0.803 0.147
O5 0.122 -1.130 -0.050
O6 2.072 -0.023 -0.081
H7 0.345 2.046 -0.362
H8 -0.036 1.446 1.254
H9 -1.483 0.739 -1.337
H10 -2.237 1.147 0.211
H11 -1.847 -1.485 -0.460
H12 -1.508 -0.952 1.199

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
C11.51502.37142.28411.35971.19682.14752.11902.81553.32623.13752.8319
C21.51501.51822.34062.34122.44751.08591.09182.15452.20243.29852.7903
C32.37141.51821.52282.34853.52692.21892.17141.08911.08722.20352.1747
C42.28412.34061.52281.43013.42553.30772.78872.15222.18411.08711.0922
O51.35972.34122.34851.43012.24223.19932.89252.77963.28932.04232.0614
O61.19682.44753.52693.42552.24222.70932.89543.84634.47394.19963.9133
H72.14751.08592.21893.30773.19932.70931.76532.44972.79324.15713.8549
H82.11901.09182.17142.78872.89252.89541.76533.05102.45373.84852.8149
H92.81552.15451.08912.15222.77963.84632.44973.05101.76962.41813.0484
H103.32622.20241.08722.18413.28934.47392.79322.45371.76962.74402.4322
H113.13753.29852.20351.08712.04234.19964.15713.84852.41812.74401.7751
H122.83192.79032.17471.09222.06143.91333.85492.81493.04842.43221.7751

picture of γ–Butyrolactone state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 102.854 C1 C2 H7 110.228
C1 C2 H8 107.648 C1 O5 C4 109.894
C2 C1 O5 108.941 C2 C1 O6 128.609
C2 C3 C4 100.652 C2 C3 H9 110.358
C2 C3 H10 114.394 C3 C2 H7 115.880
C3 C2 H8 111.555 C3 C4 O5 105.328
C3 C4 H11 114.158 C3 C4 H12 111.475
C4 C3 H9 109.859 C4 C3 H10 112.548
O5 C1 O6 122.450 O5 C4 H11 107.677
O5 C4 H12 108.889 H7 C2 H8 108.320
H9 C3 H10 108.805 H11 C4 H12 109.079
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability